COVID-19: Experts call on UK to back intellectual property waiver on coronavirus vaccines

More than 400 academics, politicians, charities, faith leaders, and others have called on the British prime minister to waive vaccine patents. The move comes just days after the US announced it is backing the proposed waiver, a move described by the World Health Organisation's director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as 'monumental'. In an open letter organised by Global Justice Now, StopAIDS, and Just Treatment, the group called on Boris Johnson to 'stand on the right side of history'.